Baker Municipal Airport

Baker Municipal Airport (ICAO: KBHK, FAA LID: BHK) is a public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.15 mi, 1.85 km) southeast of the central business district of Baker, a city in Fallon County, Montana, United States. The airport is owned by Baker City and Fallon County.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

For the television station formerly with the KBHK call letters, see KBCW (TV).
Baker Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerBaker City & Fallon County
ServesBaker, Montana
Elevation AMSL2,975 ft / 907 m
Coordinates46°20′52″N 104°15′34″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 4,898 1,493 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations7,050
Based aircraft23

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned BHK by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned BHK to Bukhara Airport in Bukhara, Uzbekistan[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Baker Municipal Airport covers an area of 193 acres (78 ha) at an elevation of 2,975 feet (907 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,898 by 75 feet (1,493 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 1, 2010, the airport had 7,050 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 9% multi-engine and 4% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for BHK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB) Archived September 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
  3. "Baker Municipal Airport (FAA: BHK, ICAO: KBHK)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  4. "Bukhara Airport, Uzbekistan (IATA: BHK, ICAO: UTSB)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
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